拳銃
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 拳 | 銃 |
| けん Grade: S |
じゅう Grade: S |
| kan'on | kan'yōon |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| けん銃 |
Etymology
From 拳 (ken, “fist”) + 銃 (jū, “gun”).
Appeared in 五国対照兵語字書 (Gokoku Taishō Heigo Jisho) of 1881 as a translation of French pistolet.[1][2][3]
Pronunciation
Noun
拳銃 • (kenjū) ←けんじゆう (kenzyuu)? (counter 丁／挺)
- (firearms) a handgun
- 2004 July 7, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第26話 トレーニング・デイ [Chapter 26: Training Day]”, in 武装錬金 [Armed Alchemy], volume 3, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 161:
Derived terms
- 自動拳銃 (jidō kenjū)
See also
- リボルバー (riborubā)
References
- ^ “五国対照兵語字書 〔本編〕”, in 国立国会図書館デジタルコレクション (“National Diet Library Digital Collections”), 参謀本部, 1881 February 8, page 740
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ “拳銃”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 拳 | 銃 |